The kitchenette at the Ashely Hotel was well outfitted for breakfast. A typical kitchenette in New Zealand has a sink, a cooktop, a microwave and an electric kettle. I usually started my day by plugging in the kettle and preparing a mug of instant coffee. Ryan and I had become quite adept at an eggs,…
Saying goodbye to Nachos...I mean Wanaka
We decided to really go for it and make the 6 hour drive up the west coast from Wanaka to Greymouth. Our list of places to see on the South Island was getting shorter and shorter as we drove around, and thru and across the island. Our list of…
An Excess of Lemons
Lemon bars were not my favorite growing up. Far from it. They always seemed too sweet or tasted kind of medicinal/chemical... Cut to me housesitting for a friend who has a gorgeous lemon tree just outside their kitchen window. The lemons it produced were the size of a Nerf football. I…
Enter the Cabbage
What is your first thought when someone mentions cabbage? Mine used to be this mushy apparition involving a pungent tomato and cabbage-based soup diet my mom and sister briefly followed when I was in my Jr. High years.
The words: light, refreshing, crunchy, crisp, adaptable, & delicious, were no where near…
A much needed break
The constant car seat sitting of our nomadic life was beginning to give me a bout of cabin fever (not to mention a flat butt!). So Ryan and I decided to stay an extra night in Wanaka. It would be a welcome rest, and good base camp as it was centrally…
Now that Galaxy's Edge has finally opened to the public at large, I thought it would be fun to take a look back to last week and let you know my thoughts on Star Wars land at Disneyland.
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Su and I made a special trip to Disneyland just to go to Galaxy's Edge.…
“With enough butter, anything is good.” - Julia Childs
What is Browned Butter?
Browned Butter is: delicious.
I realize that the phrase “brown butter” sounds kind of, well, gross… You might find yourself asking, “why is the butter brown?” It’s not because anything has spoiled or turned a wrong corner; browning is the result…
A Welcome Ritual
It happens every day - morning. No matter what has happened in the previous 24 hours, I can always count on the fact that the sun will rise again and the day will start anew. Thank goodness.
And, on this particular morning we would soon be making our way to Wanaka,…
I've been going through my old archives of photos I've taken over the years. There are trips from all over the world. But the saddest thing I've come across is that for some of my early pictures, I wasn't shooting in raw. They were in JPEG. JPEGs can be great for certain things. Sometimes…
Up before the sun
We pick up our adventures after our drive from Te Anau to Milford Sound. We spent the night on a Milford Sound cruise. The next morning we were up before the sun. We wanted to be sure that we didn't miss sunrise. In the early morning blackness outside our cabin's…